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Last updated by Dražen 1 week ago.

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October 20, 2025 at 7:30 pm #17500871

kurtK-7

Background of the issue:
I am trying to use ACF with fields set to 'Copy Once'. When viewing a page in English (Default Language) in the admin, I see the ACF Repeater Fields. However, when I toggle the language to Spanish, the ACF Repeater Fields are missing. This issue occurs on every page using ACF. Previously, I could edit fields in both English and Spanish. This issue does not occur on my dev site. I checked Screen Options, and it's not a visibility issue. Here is the link to the page where the issue can be seen: hidden link. Here is the link to the Spanish translation: hidden link.

Symptoms:
The ACF Repeater Fields do not appear in the admin when viewing pages in Spanish, preventing me from making edits. The product 'Maxfelt' was removed on the English site, but I cannot remove it on the Spanish site due to the missing ACF fields.

Questions:
Why are the ACF Repeater Fields missing in the admin for Spanish pages?
How can I ensure ACF fields appear for all languages in the admin?

October 21, 2025 at 5:54 am #17501394

Dražen
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Languages: English (English )

Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)

Hello,

Thanks for contacting us.

While you wait for my colleague to take over the ticket, let me try to help you with the issue quickly.

This could happen if you set repeater filed to COPY once, this is not correct, as that means it will copy only first time / when creating page.

Please check next guide and set correct recommended translation preferences for each different type of ACF field.

Make sure you are using ACFML addon as it is required for ACF to work correctly.

https://wpml.org/documentation/related-projects/translate-sites-built-with-acf/recommended-custom-fields-translation-preferences-for-acf-and-wpml/

Let us know how it goes.

Regards,
Drazen